It was a good night for the Boston Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs, as both teams inched closer to a spot in the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs
The Bruins stopped the red-hot Nashville Predators 4-1, and they increased their advantage for the No. 2 wild-card spot to three points over the idle Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Maple Leafs held off the Bruins for the No. 3 spot in the Atlantic Division as they defeated the Florida Panthers 3-2, and that allowed them to stay one point ahead of Boston.
The first-place Montreal Canadiens continued to play well under Claude Julien, as they spotted the Dallas Stars the first goal of the game before rebounding to record a 3-1 victory.